{"id":15203,"date":"2012-02-24T13:36:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=15203"},"modified":"2012-02-24T13:36:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T04:36:55","slug":"we-meet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=15203","title":{"rendered":"Sendai Surfer:  We meet again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSCN0467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSCN0467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15204\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni had a great time surfing yesterday with Oyama-san.  Oyama-san is from sendai and only surfed there once since the tsunami devastated every beach near his home.  it was his first time surfing in hawaii so i wanted to take him to the best spot with the most aloha.  the south swell came up so it was off to bowls.  he caught some really good waves and i was so happy to see him smiling.  the locals out there gave him the best waves and i was super happy to see the power of the aloha in the water.  this is what surfing is supposed to be.  thanks to all the locals for sharing.  i&#8217;m proud to say i&#8217;m a south shore surfer from hawaii!  and hey Oyama-san, you surf good!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSCN0468.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSCN0468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15205\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOyama-san follows go-naminori so he knows more than me.  he even knew who kairi noro was.  kairi actually took this photo of us.   thanks little wild one!  after i drove home, i was thinking to myself, &#8220;gosh, i feel a connection with Oyama-san.  I&#8217;ve seen him before somewhere but couldn&#8217;t put the puzzle together.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2859.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15206\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOMG!!!!  when i was at the sendai festival for kids during Mission 4, i remember Oyama-san coming up to me and giving me snacks for our team.  he was super sincere, super kind, and did it from his heart.  i remember him so well but couldn&#8217;t remember his name then.  but now, i will never forget this kind mans name, Oyama-san.  i hope he and his lovely family have a safe trip back to sendai.  keep on surfing and keep on smiling!  We Are One!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i had a great time surfing yesterday with Oyama-san. Oyama-san is from sendai and only surfed there once since the tsunami devastated every beach near his home. it was his first time surfing in hawaii so i wanted to take him to the best spot with the most aloha. the south swell came up so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}